ADVERTISING: An American in Paris

The first U.S. troops had scarcely entered Paris last August when huge billboard posters
with an American-flag background appeared all over the city. On them was this
legend: "Congratulations on a job well doneHart Schaffner & Marx." A
few days later the London Daily Mail angrily protested that American
businessmen in uniform were transacting business in Paris. But who had
scored this advertising scoop for the big U.S. clothing firm no one
seemed able to say.